On the 16th local time, 16-year-old Chinese Taipei teenager Guo Guanhong in the 2025 WTT Muscaite Challenge Men's Singles Top 8, it took only 15 minutes to easily solve the French dark horse Badert, ranked 75th in the world, in straight sets, and advanced to the top 4 of WTT events for the first time, and will compete with Chinese rising star Chen Yuanyu for a ticket to the final at 10:40 tonight.

Guo Guanhong defeated the French dark horse Bardet in three straight games and quickly advanced to the top 4 of men's singles

The 24-year-old was runner-up in last year's Cagliari feeder when he defeated world No. 32 Japanese No. 32 Daito Shinozuka 3-2 in the round of 16. Guo Guanhong, ranked 191 in the world, went all the way from the qualifying round to the main event, and defeated the Chinese rookie Xiang Peng, ranked 23rd in the world, 3:11 in the round of 16.

The two dark horses of this tournament met in the top 8, Guo Guanhong quickly entered the game, scored 5 points in a row at the beginning of the game, plus two lucky edge balls, and quickly won 11:5.

In the second game, Guo Guanhong continued his hot hand and started 5:0 again, making Badert unable to parry, and 11:5 to the next game. Guo Guanhong, who was completely in control of the situation, scored three points in a row at the beginning of the third game, including a rub of the edge, so that Bardet could no longer hold back his emotions, and called a timeout after slamming the racket on the table, and after resuming the game, the opponent seemed to have surrendered in advance, and Guo Guanhong won easily 11:3.

Another Chinese Taipei player ranked 54th in the world, Chen Yuanyu, also defeated India's Shah, ranked 93rd in the world, in straight games in the other men's singles quarterfinals.